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Dr Lara Menzies

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Consultant in Clinical Genetics and Genomic Medicine

Dr Menzies has been a Consultant in Clinical Genetics and Genomic Medicine at Great Ormond Street Hospital since 2022. She is an Honorary Associate Professor at University College London and is a doctoral supervisor. She is also a memebr of the RCPCH Genomics Working Group.

Dr Menzies undertakes clinics in paediatric genetics, craniofacial genetics and neurogenetics. Prior to specialising in Genetics, she trained as a Paediatrician and completed a PhD in neuroimaging at the University of Cambridge which was awarded a British Neuroscience Association prize (2008). Dr Menzies obtained her medical degree at The University of Cambridge (2009), the MRCPCH (2013) and obtained PGCerts in Advanced Paediatrics (2015, UCL, Distinction) and in Genomics (2019, St George’s London).

Dr Menzies has published widely in the fields of neuroscience and genetics and her research has been cited >5000 times. In 2020 she was awarded an RCPath Silver Research Medal for her work on neurovascular abnormalities in Floating-Harbor syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. She has a keen interest in medical education and teaches regularly. She has worked closely with charities such as Unique and Medics4RareDiseases to translate research findings into meaningful information for families. During the Covid19 pandemic, Dr Menzies worked for the British Society of Genomic Medicine and the Clinical Genetics Society to produce a number of online rare disease information resources about Covid19.

Specialisms

Areas of special interest: Neurogenetics, Inherited white matter disorders, Craniofacial genetics

Research interests: Neurogenetics, MRI brain phenotypes of genetic conditions

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